Quite some time back, may be during my childhood, I'd seen Stained glass windows being practically used in almost all the houses here in Mumbai. The trend seems to be catching up again. I think people are again going for the artistic touch in almost everything. Even furniture.
How neat to find a beautiful window at the work place---surprising us all. My mother did stained glass for many years and some of hers are scattered around Seattle. MB
Love this "peeping Tom" view... The window appears to have a prairie-style design, and with the bare branches it seems to suggest the Midwest, except the spiky succulent gives away the southern locale. Very interesting shot.
@ Safe Leif - What am I gonna do with you? Chainsaw? Cut down the branches?
Don't you understand fine art? Don't you understand I composed it precisely with the branches in the way so that it would look creative and artistic. Any dummy could have moved around the branches and take a straight-on shot!
Sheesh! Did you have too much lutefish for Xmas? Have you strained your brain trying to hit the high notes at your Luteran church? Have you been sipping a little bit too much Absolut?
Fine art, Safe Leif! Write that down.
Oh, and while you're at it, say "Hi" to my good friend, Allison! I think she would know fine art when she sees it!
That is one damn nice piece of fine art, if I've ever seen one. And I've been told by many that I know fine art when I see it. So as I see it, that is fine art.
Enough of this looking and admiring the stained glass from the outside . . . just go ring that bell or knock on the door and ask to see it and photograph it from the inside . . . please? It looks a bit like a Frank Lloyd Wright kind of design.
Too bad there's a bush in front of it! I suppose the light on it is still lovely inside though. I'm not sure, but maybe the stained glass is more for the people inside than those outside anyway. ;-)
I do love geometric stained glass windows like that. I notice windows like that in unexpected places too. There is one very pretty one in Long Beach that is in a law office that used to be a mortuary. I tried to photograph it from the inside, but my charms did not get me into the private upstairs offices.
Nice shot. I agree the window has that Frank Lloyd Wright look or Art Deco. Reminds me of some of the elevators from that period. Can you try to get inside to get a better look?
Did someone say AQUAVIT? I think I have a bottle of it around here somewhere.
@ Cieldequimper - I have no clue! I went back through every comment for two days. I've got comments yesterday from you on Florida Fotos, The Villages and Cedar Key, but not on Ocala.
I was having some problems yesterday accessing some blogs and making comments on others. Blogger kept giving me that old "error" notice or said they couldn't do it, try later...
We often say "for historical reasons" when we don't really have a clue about cause and effect.
ReplyDeletestrange but beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI like the way you catched it behind the plants. I wonder why this beautiful windows is there, in what looks like a quite normal building.
ReplyDeletedes vitraux très modernes.
ReplyDeleteWell, shades of Frank Lloyd Wright! I don't blame anyone for having that window.
ReplyDeleteQuite some time back, may be during my childhood, I'd seen Stained glass windows being practically used in almost all the houses here in Mumbai. The trend seems to be catching up again. I think people are again going for the artistic touch in almost everything. Even furniture.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stained glass window! Next time, can you cut down the branches so we have a more clear view? Do you have a chainsaw?
ReplyDeleteHow neat to find a beautiful window at the work place---surprising us all. My mother did stained glass for many years and some of hers are scattered around Seattle. MB
ReplyDeleteIt would be intersting to know the history of the glass. Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice window. I wouldn't mind working in that building!
ReplyDeleteThe design looks like a Praire-style or Frank Lloyd Wright. Very interesting. A good find.
ReplyDeleteLove this "peeping Tom" view... The window appears to have a prairie-style design, and with the bare branches it seems to suggest the Midwest, except the spiky succulent gives away the southern locale. Very interesting shot.
ReplyDelete@ Safe Leif - What am I gonna do with you? Chainsaw? Cut down the branches?
ReplyDeleteDon't you understand fine art? Don't you understand I composed it precisely with the branches in the way so that it would look creative and artistic. Any dummy could have moved around the branches and take a straight-on shot!
Sheesh! Did you have too much lutefish for Xmas? Have you strained your brain trying to hit the high notes at your Luteran church? Have you been sipping a little bit too much Absolut?
Fine art, Safe Leif! Write that down.
Oh, and while you're at it, say "Hi" to my good friend, Allison! I think she would know fine art when she sees it!
That is a nice picture... I love stained glass windows... the branches add to the interst!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are very pretty windows. It would be interesting to learn the history of the building.
ReplyDeleteThat is one damn nice piece of fine art, if I've ever seen one. And I've been told by many that I know fine art when I see it. So as I see it, that is fine art.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Allison. It's so nice to know there are fine art connoisseurs up there in the frozen north!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day. And don't let you-know-who push you around!
Enough of this looking and admiring the stained glass from the outside . . . just go ring that bell or knock on the door and ask to see it and photograph it from the inside . . . please? It looks a bit like a Frank Lloyd Wright kind of design.
ReplyDeleteJacob Meister - why didn't you hang little hand blown glass balls on the branches to make your photo even MORE artsy fartsy?
ReplyDeleteFrozen North? It was 88 degrees and HUMID in the shade yesterday.
My Scandinavian drink of pereference is AQUAVIT.
Skal!
Maybe a string of white Christmas lights would have been a nice addition...just sayin'?
ReplyDeleteNice window .. the tree branches make their own sort of window through which to view the other
ReplyDeleteMagnificent angle...just I loved this composition as I love brick art as well!What a fabulous wall!
ReplyDelete@ Allison - Hmmm. Maybe I'll have to take back the fine art designation...white Xmas lights? Did whatshisface put you up to that?
ReplyDeleteToo bad there's a bush in front of it! I suppose the light on it is still lovely inside though. I'm not sure, but maybe the stained glass is more for the people inside than those outside anyway. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAm I that crystalline?
ReplyDeleteCrystalline...now that's kind of an artsy-fartsy, blogger, photographer, fine-art- connoisseur sort of word, now isn't it??
Have I restored your faith in me, Oh Jacob the Great?
Perhaps the building is just a rebel.
ReplyDeleteCrystalline? Hmmm...that may be too artsy-fartsy, blogger, photographer, etc., for me...
ReplyDeleteI was reading a police report once that mentioned crystal meth...probably not the same thing, though. Right?
Ah, Allison, I've always had faith in you.
Your friend, Jacob the Great.
Unique composition of shot!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really nice stained glass window.
ReplyDeleteI do love geometric stained glass windows like that. I notice windows like that in unexpected places too. There is one very pretty one in Long Beach that is in a law office that used to be a mortuary. I tried to photograph it from the inside, but my charms did not get me into the private upstairs offices.
ReplyDeleteNice shot. I agree the window has that Frank Lloyd Wright look or Art Deco. Reminds me of some of the elevators from that period. Can you try to get inside to get a better look?
ReplyDeleteDid someone say AQUAVIT? I think I have a bottle of it around here somewhere.
Where's my comment? :-(
ReplyDelete@ Cieldequimper - I have no clue! I went back through every comment for two days. I've got comments yesterday from you on Florida Fotos, The Villages and Cedar Key, but not on Ocala.
ReplyDeleteI was having some problems yesterday accessing some blogs and making comments on others. Blogger kept giving me that old "error" notice or said they couldn't do it, try later...
Maybe it got lost in that shuffle.
Sorry, but I don't know anything else I can do...
There's nothing you *can* do. I'm lazy...
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